Can't ignore our appetite for the cycle of violence

6:33 PM,
Apr. 4, 2014

Frank Boston

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Frank Boston
Guest Columnist

Like begets like. Sometimes, what a society feeds on in their entertainment is eventually what they produce. As so many of you, I am very concerned of the appetite for violence in our culture and the increasing number of very violent crimes even in our "Bible belt" region.

It is, of course, a nationwide issue, not reserved for the inner cities of places like Chicago. There seems to be some kind of law of social reality: just as the good traits of humankind can be contagious, likewise with the worst traits. If we don't curb our tolerance and even appetite for violence, we may not only be producing it ...